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<h4 class="subsubsection">9.25.2.1 Special Characters</h4>

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<p>&lsquo;<samp>!</samp>&rsquo; is the line comment character.
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<p>You can use &lsquo;<samp>;</samp>&rsquo; instead of a newline to separate statements.
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<p>Since &lsquo;<samp>$</samp>&rsquo; has no special meaning, you may use it in symbol names.
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